THE LIST: DVDs, CDs and books hitting stores this week

March 18, 2008 - 9:00 pm

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“I Am Legend” (PG-13): Will Smith can even turn the end of humanity into a blockbuster. Smith’s latest sci-fi smash is the third adaptation of Richard Matheson’s novel about a researcher who may be the last man alive. Alone with a dog for much of the movie, Smith stars as a survivor desperately seeking a cure to a plague that killed most of the human race and turned the rest into savage cannibals.

Be Your Own Pet, “Get Awkward”: Brash and bratty as a school bus full of sugar-high preschoolers, Nashville’s Be Your Own Pet bashes out spiky power pop that comes on like a series of heart palpitations.

“I just want to lose all control,” frontwoman Jemina Pearl Abegg yowls on the band’s latest, and she lives up to that end on the band’s bristling sophomore LP. The album is driven by short, punchy tunes about drinking Coca-Cola all night, starting fights and treating maturity as some contagious, life-threatening pox.

“The Woman Who Wouldn’t” by Gene Wilder: Set in 1903, the second book by the actor features concert violinist Jeremy Spencer Webb, who one day has a meltdown and is sent to a health resort where he meets Clara Mulpas. Jeremy works hard to win Clara’s affection and doesn’t give up as he tries, successfully, to catch Clara’s eye.

Also out today: “Black Widow” by Randy Wayne White; “Camera, Two Kids and a Camel: My Journey in Photographs” by Annie Griffiths Belt; “Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet” by Jeffrey D. Sachs; “Dead Heat” by Joel C. Rosenberg; “The Final Warning (Maximum Ride Series No. 4)” by James Patterson; “Seen It All and Done the Rest” by Pearl Cleage; and “The Dark Tide” by Andrew Gross.

Las Vegas police officer David Anthony talks vegan lifestyle and how he feels about being voted PETA's sexiest Vegan next door from his home on Monday, July 9, 2018. (Marcus Villagran/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @brokejournalist

'NO H8' Campaign comes to Las Vegas

Hundreds of locals participate in the NO H8 campaign founded by Adam Bouska and Jeff Parshley as a response to Proposition 8, a California ban on same-sex marriage. The campaign has since evolved to represent equal treatment for all. (Marcus Villagran/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @brokejournalist

Over 40,000 People Attend The 4th Of July Parade In Summerlin In Las Vegas

Over 40,000 People Attend The 4th Of July Parade In Summerlin In Las Vegas. (Janna Karel Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Two of NHL's furriest fans met at the Forum Shops in Caesars Palace on Tuesday, June 18, 2018, in Las Vegas. Vegas Golden Knights superfan Bark-Andre Furry and Washington Capitals superfan Ovie the Bulldog shared a plate of meatballs and spaghetti with help from Logan, "The Girl with the Hat." (Marcus Villagran/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @brokejournalist